Google most searched musicians 2018: From Demi Lovato to Travis Scott
The search engine's Year in Search report details what users around the world looked up the most over the past year
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Your support makes all the difference.Google has revealed the most searched for musicians of 2018.
The search engine published its Year in Search report on 12 December, which details what users around the world looked up the most over the past year. It shows the most searched for people, and topics, across a range of categories including film, music and news.
Topping the list of most searched for musicians was Demi Lovato, after she suffered a suspected drug overdose in July this year and was rushed to hospital, later transferring to a rehab facility. Lovato has since posted about her recovery, and was recently nominated for a Grammy award for Best Pop Duo for her guest appearance on Christina Aguilera's track "Fall in Line".
Next up was Cardi B. The US rapper has had a tumultuous year that began with the launch of her debut album Invasion of Privacy. Over the past 12 months she has given birth to her first child, Kulture, with ex-fiance Offset, broken off her engagement, engaged in a feud with fellow rapper Nicki Minaj, and been nominated for album of the year at the 2019 Grammy Awards.
Third on the list is Daniel Küblböck. UK and US readers may be less familiar, but should remember tragic reports from September when the German pop singer went missing from a cruise ship off Canada's Atlantic coast.
Küblböck rose to fame as a contestant in the TV talent show Germany Seeks the Superstar in 2003. He had since appeared on a number of reality shows, including Let's Dance in 2015.
His disappearance sparked a huge search involving coast guard vessels and military aircraft. However, the Canadian Armed Forces issued a statement the following day that said it had taken the "difficult decision" to end the search "given the short survivability time due to the temperature of the water at this time of year".
An eye witness was quoted by Bild newspaper supporting a report that Küblböck, who was travelling alone, had jumped from a deck.
The fourth most searched musician was Travis Scott, the US rapper who released his critically acclaimed album Astroworld in August. A subsequent tour, and his highly publicised relationship with Kylie Jenner along with the birth of their child Stormi in September this year, likely helped make him one of the most searched for people in the world. He was also called out by Nicki Minaj after his album kept her most recent record, Queen, from the number one spot on the charts.
Rounding off the top five was Rick Ross, who was rushed to hospital in March after being found unresponsive at his Florida home in March.
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